Cloth diapers too difficult to report on fairly?

Cloth diapers too difficult to report on fairly?

Every once in a while, in my search for the latest in cloth diaper news, I come across an interview or write-up that smacks of biased journalism. When Dani Tobey, owner of babycottonbottoms.com in Colorado Springs, CO, gave an interview to her local paper, I can imagine she had high hopes for a fair representation of her start-up business. However, Tobey's interview with journalist, Amanda Brown, is anything but fair; the published article, YOUR SPACE: Mother is 'sitting on a whole … [Read more...]

Less disposable income means less income for…

cloth diapers dry nicely on a clothesline...as long as your neighborhood association doesn't make you take it down.

…DISPOSABLES. With the recent influx of very fancy WAHM-made custom boutique cloth diapers hitting online cloth diaper stores, and advertising in organic or natural parenting magazines, it is easy to lose the perspective that cloth diapering can ease a stretched budget. Many parents tell us the reason they choose to cloth diaper has less to do with a heightened eco-consciousness, but rather, tough economic times. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, middle-income families … [Read more...]